Vladimir Yastreboff

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Sydney, NSW, Australia24 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Built enterprise security capabilities from the ground up.
  • Pioneered AI risk assessments for next-gen tools.
  • Led cybersecurity board reporting for executive decisions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity executive specializing in enterprise risk management and offensive security.

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Skills

Core Skills

CybersecurityGovernance, Risk Management, And Compliance (grc)

Other Skills

AI SecurityGovernanceRisk ManagementCompliance (GRC)Penetration TestingVulnerability ManagementManagementStakeholder ManagementInformation SecurityIT StrategyVendor ManagementBusiness Process ImprovementProject DeliveryIT Service ManagementITIL

About

I am a senior cybersecurity executive with a 20+ year track record of blending big-bank scale, builder speed, and hands-on technical innovation. My career is defined by building and scaling resilient security functions for global technology leaders and complex financial institutions, seamlessly bridging the gap between deeply technical security operations and board-level risk management. Most recently, I spent over four years at Atlassian, where I built the enterprise Security Testing capability and and Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) function from the ground up. I authored the Atlassian's Security Risk Management Framework (RMF), owned the SecGov Strategy & Northstar, led our first AI Risk Assessment and wrote cybersecurity board reports which directly drove risk-based executive decisions. Prior to this, I dedicated over 15 years to Westpac, where I scaled one of Australia’s largest and most mature offensive security programs across AppSec, vulnerability management, penetration testing and red teaming. I was the Bank lead for Australia’s first regulator- led cyber resilience / Red Team (CORIE) . Beyond governance and strategy, I remain deeply engaged with the technical landscape and emerging technologies. I actively pioneer AI risk assessments and experiment with AI-driven development tools to build custom, automated workflows. I am currently seeking my next executive challenge as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or senior security leader, where I can drive enterprise-wide security strategy, foster a culture of resilience, and build world-class, high-velocity security teams.

Experience

24 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
8 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Atlassian

Head of Security Testing and Head of Security Governance, Risk and Compliance (Cyber GRC)

Dec 2021Apr 2026 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Remote

  • Recruited to establish and scale core foundational security programs for Atlassian's global enterprise. Concluded a highly impactful four-year journey as part of broader organizational changes, leaving behind mature security capabilities, a modernized risk framework, and a culture of technical innovation.
  • Foundational Security Leadership: Built the enterprise Security Testing as well as Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) functions from the ground up, establishing a proactive, scalable risk posture across a high-growth global environment.
  • Executive Strategy & Board Reporting: Led comprehensive cybersecurity board reporting, translating complex technical metrics into clear, actionable insights that drove risk-based executive decisions.
  • Frameworks & eGRC Engineering: Co-designed an in-house eGRC platform MVP and authored Atlassian’s overarching Security Risk Management Framework (RMF) to standardize risk methodologies.
  • AI Innovation & Risk Management: Pioneered cybersecurity AI risk assessments to safely enable the adoption of next-generation AI tools across the enterprise. Maintained a hands-on technical edge by leveraging tools like RovoDev to program custom, personalised AI assistants that optimised operational workflows.
CybersecurityAI SecurityGovernanceRisk ManagementCompliance (GRC)Penetration Testing+2

Westpac

6 roles

Head of Security Assessment Services

Promoted

Oct 2012Nov 2021 · 9 yrs 1 mo

Senior Commercial Vendor Manager [Secondment]

Mar 2012Oct 2012 · 7 mos

Head of Security Testing

Mar 2011Mar 2012 · 1 yr

Information Security Manager

Nov 2008Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Senior Consultant - Security Services Management

Apr 2007Nov 2008 · 1 yr 7 mos

Senior Consultant - Security Strategy & Governance

Aug 2004Apr 2007 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Deloitte

Consultant

Mar 2001Jul 2004 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Education

University of Wollongong

B IT / B LLB

Jan 1996Jan 2001

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